netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 2/9] net: axienet: Wait for PhyRstCmplt after core reset

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Date:   Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:27:11 +0000
From:   Robert Hancock <robert.hancock@...ian.com>
To:     "radheys@...inx.com" <radheys@...inx.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "daniel@...earbox.net" <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        "michals@...inx.com" <michals@...inx.com>,
        "ariane.keller@....ee.ethz.ch" <ariane.keller@....ee.ethz.ch>,
        "harinik@...inx.com" <harinik@...inx.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 2/9] net: axienet: Wait for PhyRstCmplt after core
 reset

On Thu, 2022-01-13 at 11:53 +0000, Radhey Shyam Pandey wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Hancock <robert.hancock@...ian.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 11:07 PM
> > To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: Radhey Shyam Pandey <radheys@...inx.com>; davem@...emloft.net;
> > kuba@...nel.org; linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org; Michal Simek
> > <michals@...inx.com>; ariane.keller@....ee.ethz.ch; daniel@...earbox.net;
> > Robert Hancock <robert.hancock@...ian.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH net v2 2/9] net: axienet: Wait for PhyRstCmplt after core
> > reset
> > 
> > When resetting the device, wait for the PhyRstCmplt bit to be set
> > in the interrupt status register before continuing initialization, to
> > ensure that the core is actually ready. The MgtRdy bit could also be
> > waited for, but unfortunately when using 7-series devices, the bit does
> 
> Just to understand - can you share 7- series design details.
> Based on documentation - This MgtRdy bit indicates if the TEMAC core is
> out of reset and ready for use. In systems that use an serial transceiver, 
> this bit goes to 1 when the serial transceiver is ready to use.

From what I saw, the bit behaved as described on ZynqMP where it would go to 1
during initialization, but on a Kintex-7 design with this core, the bit never
seemed to go to 1 until an actual link was established on the transceiver, so
it wasn't really usable in this situation.

> 
> Also if we don't wait for phy reset - what is the issue we are seeing?

This is more for the case of using an external PHY device - we shouldn't be
proceeding to MDIO initialization and potentially trying to talk to the PHY
when it is potentially still in reset..

> 
> > not appear to work as documented (it seems to behave as some sort of
> > link state indication and not just an indication the transceiver is
> > ready) so it can't really be relied on.
> > 
> > Fixes: 8a3b7a252dca9 ("drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx: added Xilinx AXI
> > Ethernet
> > driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <robert.hancock@...ian.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 10 ++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> > index f950342f6467..f425a8404a9b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> > @@ -516,6 +516,16 @@ static int __axienet_device_reset(struct axienet_local
> > *lp)
> >  		return ret;
> >  	}
> > 
> > +	/* Wait for PhyRstCmplt bit to be set, indicating the PHY reset has
> > finished */
> > +	ret = read_poll_timeout(axienet_ior, value,
> > +				value & XAE_INT_PHYRSTCMPLT_MASK,
> > +				DELAY_OF_ONE_MILLISEC, 50000, false, lp,
> > +				XAE_IS_OFFSET);
> > +	if (ret) {
> > +		dev_err(lp->dev, "%s: timeout waiting for PhyRstCmplt\n",
> > __func__);
> > +		return ret;
> > +	}
> > +
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> > 
> > --
> > 2.31.1
-- 
Robert Hancock
Senior Hardware Designer, Calian Advanced Technologies
www.calian.com